Backstage: Your Backstage Area may contain any Superstar-specific cards, Enforcers and PROs if applicable, and anything your Superstar can pack in your Backstage from Ability and such. Also, there is a new card for this format: The NXT Arena.

The NXT ArenaBackstage CardThis card is considered Superstar-specific.When you would discard your hand or Backlash to your opponent's effects, you may instead discard # random cards, where # is half the number of cards to be discarded (rounded down).When you would discard for WWE Women's Championship Belt, you may overturn 2 cards instead.Zack Ryder, Guest Ringside Announcer cannot be Activated when a Superstar-specific card is Activated and reversed.Unique RMS logo

Here is the list of the Virtual Backstage cards allowed in this format:

'Cause Adam Crites Said SoBest There Is, Best There WasClassic CompetitorDynamically InclinedLegendary DefensePulled Some Strings To Get My MatchTag Team ShenanigansThe Era of the SuperstarThe Nexus ArmbandThe Numbers GameThe NXT Breakout Star

Backlash: Your Backlash contains a maximum of 16 cards, 8 Pre-match and 8 Mid-match, and you have a Capacity of 4 for each type.

Old School Psychology - ErrataPre-match Event: FaceWhen Back to Basics is not in your Ring, this card is Active.When this card is in your Ring, your opponent cannot play Old School Wrestling Match, and when he plays a Backlash card, he discards 1 card.F: 0 D: 0

Man of 1000 Holds - ErrataPre-match EventCannot be played by a Female Superstar.Your opponent cannot play Old School Wrestling Match.When you have 3+ cards in your Ring with "psychology" in the title, replace "3" and "4" with "1" in the text of your Ring Psychology: Back and Ring Psychology: Neck cards.F: 0 D: 0 Active Permanent

Straight-Shootin’ Interview - ErrataPre-match EventThis card is not considered to have "shoot" in the title for your card effects.When this card is in your Ring and you successfully play a maneuver with “shoot” in the title, remove the top card of your Arsenal from the game, and then remove the top 2 cards of your opponent’s Arsenal from the game.ACE: During your turn, you may put this card into your Ringside and then he overturns cards equal to the number of maneuvers in your Ring with “shoot” in the title.F: 0 D: 0 Active Cheater logo

"Your Town" - ErrataPre-match VenueOnce any player has played a non-Superstar-specific card that is a Feud, Stipulation, Manager or Object, that player cannot play any non-Superstar-specific cards of those types during the Pre-match phase.F: 0 D: 0 Universally Active Permanent

Backstage Shenanigans - ErrataPre-match Event / Mid-match ActionCan be packed as either a Pre-match or a Mid-match.When this card is in your Ring and your opponent has 2 or more non-Superstar-specific Backstage cards revealed that do not have 'shenanigans' in the title, he skips his first turn.As an action, draw 2 cards.F: 0 D: 0 Active

Ric Flair - ErrataStarting Hand Size: 4 Superstar Value: 4Superstar Ability: Once during each of your turns, you may discard 1 card and then put 1 card from your opponent's Ring into his Ringside; when his card is a maneuver, put 2 random cards from your hand on the bottom of your Arsenal and overturn 2 cards; and when his card is an F: 0 maneuver, he may shuffle it into his Arsenal.When you have 4+ Superstar-specific cards in your Ring, your Figure Four Leglock cards are considered Trademark Finishers instead.He cannot play Ric Flair Interferes.You cannot pack cards with 'reading' or 'graceful' in the title.

Test - ErrataStarting Hand Size: 2 Superstar Value: 2Superstar Ability: Before your Draw Segment, your opponent discards # cards, where # is the number of cards he has in his hand greater than (the number of cards in your hand +2).You can pack 6 additional Mid-match cards, and up to 2 copies of any Unique card, but you cannot pack more than 2 copies of any non-Unique card. You cannot pack Pre-match cards except Managed by Stacy Keibler (it is not Heel), and before the Pre-match phase, put up to 2 copies of that card into your Ring. You cannot play Faction cards without your logo or reveal Backstage cards with 'anniversary' in the title.

3 Minutes and We're Out - ErrataPre-match FeudYour opponent reveals his Backlash and randomly discards 2 cards.When your opponent cannot play any Title Belt except the Tag Team Title Belts, or is a Tag Team or Stable, reveal your Backlash and discard 2 random cards; put any discarded Raw cards into your Backlash.F: 0 D: 0 Unique Raw logo

Eugene - ErrataStarting Hand Size: 5 Superstar Value: #Superstar Ability: # is equal to your opponent's Superstar Value -1. You cannot play more than 1 Unique card during each turn, your cards with Momentum do not have it, and you cannot play 4D+ reversals.You can pack any non-Virtual Superstar-specific Arsenal maneuvers, regardless of logo. You cannot pack There Is No Escape. Your Ability cannot be blanked or switched.

Doink - ErrataStarting Hand Size: 5 Superstar Value: 1Legend Superstar Ability: Once during each of your turns you may put 1 card from your Ringside into your Backstage Area.During any turn, you may put any number of non-Superstar cards from your Backstage Area into your Ringside, and then your next card played this turn is -2F for every card moved.Your opponent’s non-F:0 cards are +1F for every card in your Backstage Area without 'shenanigans' in the title.

Andre The Giant - ErrataStarting Hand Size: 8 Superstar Value: 8Legend Superstar Ability: During each of your turns, you cannot play more than 1 Set-up card.During your opponent’s turn, when he ends his turn before playing a second card or successfully plays a second card and damage has been applied, you may put 1 card from your hand on the bottom of your Arsenal, draw 1 card, and end his turn.You can pack up to an additional 40 cards in your Arsenal. You cannot pack Pre-match cards, Mid-match cards, or High Risk maneuvers.

The Intensity of Ten Cities - ErrataActionWhen played, you may overturn 3 cards. If you do, this card is -10F.When your next card played this turn is a maneuver, it is +10D, and when it is an action, it is -10F.ACE: During your turn you may put this card on the bottom of your Arsenal and then shuffle up to 10 cards from your Ringside into your Arsenal; when Activated, your opponent may overturn 1 card, if he does, remove this card from the game instead.F: 10 D: 0 Unique Fan Favorite logo

We Face Each Other as God Intended - ErrataBackstage AreaYour opponent’s Starting Hand Size is -1 for each Pre-match card in his Ring.No player can play a card with "You win the game via Pinfall victory" in the text.During your turn you may hide this card and then all players put all cards in their hand on top of their Arsenal. He searches his Arsenal for 1 card, reveals it, puts it into his hand, and shuffles. Search your Arsenal for 2 cards, put them into your hand, and shuffle. During his next Draw Segment, he draws up to 2 additional cards.Unique

NOTE: There is a Rules Card for easy reference included in the files for this format, though it has no legal use within a game.

"Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world." - Bill Bullard

"Opinion is really the lowest form of human knowledge. It requires no accountability, no understanding. The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world." - Bill Bullard